Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You
Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min · 4 segments
Rest days can make workdays feel clearer by showing what a real “on day” feels like. The move is to plan a work week with recovery days, then stack lighter tasks on the days when focus is low and…
Ned DonovanHost
Arielle NissenblattHost
That's why we have weekends, going back to our Labor Day tip, shouting out your local union, uh, from Monday.
If you take a rest day, your brain starts to think about days that aren't rest, and you start to have a better understanding of what you can accomplish in a given day.
Um, taking a rest day implies that there are days that you don't rest, and if you teach your body that it has rest days, you will start to recognize non-rest days and do more with them, and start to figure out what you do with them.
So, like, the easiest example of this is, like, if you go to the gym or go running or whatever, make sure you have rest and recovery days because your body understands then what an on day feels like.
But I plan my tasks and my work week this way, by packaging, uh, tasks I know I can get done no matter what into days I feel confident I'm gonna be mentally taxed, or having a list of tasks I can do when I just, I just don't have my A-game in me.
Uh, and I highly recommend that you take rest days in order to learn more about your non-rest days.
That's why we have weekends, going back to our Labor Day tip, shouting out your local union, uh, from Monday.
If you take a rest day, your brain starts to think about days that aren't rest, and you start to have a better understanding of what you can accomplish in a given day.
Um, taking a rest day implies that there are days that you don't rest, and if you teach your body that it has rest days, you will start to recognize non-rest days and do more with them, and start to figure out what you do with them.
So, like, the easiest example of this is, like, if you go to the gym or go running or whatever, make sure you have rest and recovery days because your body understands then what an on day feels like.
But I plan my tasks and my work week this way, by packaging, uh, tasks I know I can get done no matter what into days I feel confident I'm gonna be mentally taxed, or having a list of tasks I can do when I just, I just don't have my A-game in me.
Uh, and I highly recommend that you take rest days in order to learn more about your non-rest days.
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